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Embankment Tracks Newsletter |
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Please Patronize Our Important Business Sponsors! Over 50 local businesses sponsored our October 2007 Event |
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Embankment Tracks #4 |
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THE HARSIMUS STEM EMBANKMENT |
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The Harsimus Stem Embankment is an elevated stone structure that once carried seven tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad to the Hudson River Waterfront.
It runs for a half mile along 6th street in downtown Jersey City, and joins the National Historic districts of Hamilton Park and Harsimus Cove. The Embankment is itself listed on the State Register of Historic Places, is eligible for the National Register, and is a Municipal Landmark.
The Embankment and streetscape will be a linchpin in a network of walkable, bikeable greenways within the City of Jersey City, and beyond. From north to south along Jersey Avenue, a main boulevard, the Embankment will serve as a midpoint in a series of parks, including Hamilton Park, Van Vorst Park, and Liberty State Park. From east to west, the Embankment will join the Hudson Waterfront Walkway with the Hackensack Meadowlands, via the Bergen Arches. A 2004 Northern New Jersey Route Study for the East Coast Greenway recommends this latter route as the main ECG pathway through Hudson County. The route has been endorsed by all six counties and 26 municipalities along it. |
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June 12, 2008. The 2008 Embankment Preservation Coalition Benefit. The Coalition evening at The Embankment Restaurant on June 12 was a resounding success, attracting more than 170 attendees from all over the City and region who are eager to see a park and greenway realized on this National Register-eligible historic site.
We added many new members to the Coalition, and, after expenses, more than $3000 to our treasury.
Thanks for staging the event go to Dinah Bolivar, Chair, and the Events Committee; Membership Committee Chair Christina Donnelly; restaurant owners David and Rose-Marie O'Brien; Lee Sims Chocolates; and, most of all, the overwhelming response from the public to our invitation - so great that we had to close our online reservation system early.
See the Coalition President's thank you to all. |
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Click Here To See Embankment Park Conceptual Renderings |
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March 29-April 11, 2008. Additional organizations ask STB to deny Conrail an abandonment exemption and call for a full environmental impact statement (EIS) in response to Conrail’s inadequate Environmental Report (ER) and Historical Report (HR). Downtown associations signing on to a joint letter include Harsimus Cove Association, Hamilton Park Neighborhood Association, Paulus Hook Association, Van Vorst Park Association, Powerhouse Arts District Neighborhood Association, Newport Neighborhood Association, and The Village Association. Civic JC, East Coast Greenway Alliance, Friends of Liberty State Park, Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy, NY/NJ Baykeeper, and Preservation NJ also send separate letters. The Hudson County Division of Planning also objected. See the Planning Director's letter. Additional organizations are expected to participate in the weeks ahead. |
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Read more about the conceptual drawings in our newsletter #3 |
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WHY A LANDMARK?
Read Rick James' Nomination of the Embankment to the State and National Registers of Historic places. |
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PRESS/ ARTICLES |
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Jersey City Mag: 04/08 - Saving Open Spaces |
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JC Reporter 12/04/07 -Task Force for Embankment |
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Embankment/East Coast Greenway News |
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JC Reporter 12/03/07 - New Plan for 6th Street Embankment |
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MAKE MY PARK
BECOME A MEMBER/ DONATE NOW!! |
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J Journal 11/28/07 Wary Harmony Plan Unveiled |
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J Journal 11/27/07 Hyman Softens Embankment Foes |
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J Journal 11/24/07 Something For Everyone |
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April 7, 2008. City of Jersey City , Embankment Preservation Coalition, and Rails to Trails Conservancy file supplementary material with STB relevant to Conrail’s notification that it intends to file for an abandonment exemption. A letter points out flaws in Conrail’s environmental report (ER) and attaches a 1998 Dresdner Robin study that Conrail failed to provide to STB. See our filing. |
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J Journal 11/24/07 Equal Time for Preservationists |
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More articles.... |
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March 21, 2008. City of Jersey City , Embankment Preservation Coalition, and Rails to Trails Conservancy notify STB of our intention to participate in any abandonment proceeding, and object to Conrail’s request for an exemption, arguing that such exemptions are available only in noncontroversial cases. See our Notice of Intent to Participate, which includes a letter from Mayor Jerramiah Healy. |
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March 12, 2008. Conrail notifies the Surface Transportation Board that it intends to file for a rail abandonment exemption for the Harsimus Branch. With its notice, Conrail transmits an environmental report (ER) and historical report (HR). These are prerequisites for an abandonment exemption. See the Conrail filing. |
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Click for Full Embankment Chronology |
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